Full-Time

Lead Data Scientist-ML

Posted on 11/23/2025

Deadline 12/31/25
Fractal

Fractal

11-50 employees

NFT marketplace for blockchain gaming assets

No salary listed

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India + 4 more

More locations: Pune, Maharashtra, India | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

In Person

Category
Data & Analytics (2)
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Required Skills
Data Science
Machine Learning
Requirements
  • Experience of working on end-to-end data science pipeline with the ability to clearly design efficient data models, training data samples, training pipelines and inference pipelines to ensure reproducibility
  • Strong experience in evaluating different types of AI/ML outputs and models (recommender systems, similarity scoring, classification and regression)
  • Ability to break down complex business problems into sub-tasks that can be solved with AI/ML to enable decision making at scale
  • Good grasp on statistical concepts and empirical methods that drive post-modeling decisions like sorting, ranking, selection
  • Experience converting PoCs and experimented models into production grade AI/ML systems, ability to collaborate effectively with ML engineering and MLOps teams to take AI/ML models to production, build and serve models through APIs and support integration of AI/ML models into web-apps
  • Ability to lead mid-sized teams, plan project tracks around AI/ML and data science and balance delegation and hands-on development
  • Experience taking first principles approach to solving data science problems, understand and communicate data requirements to data engineering teams and explain model outputs to business users
  • Ability and experience in engaging business users to understand requirements and translate them into technical data science problems
  • Exceptional at communicating model algorithms and their outputs to non-technical users and stakeholders
  • Fluent in agile ways of working and agile project management practices, comfortable creating efficient user stories and other agile project artifacts
Responsibilities
  • Design and implement end-to-end data science pipelines including data models, training data samples, training pipelines and inference pipelines to ensure reproducibility
  • Evaluate and select AI/ML outputs and models (recommender systems, similarity scoring, classification and regression)
  • Break down complex business problems into AI/ML sub-tasks to enable scalable decision making
  • Contribute to production-grade AI/ML systems by collaborating with ML engineering and MLOps teams to deploy models via APIs and integrate into web applications
  • Lead mid-sized data science teams and plan project tracks around AI/ML and data science, balancing delegation with hands-on development
  • Communicate data requirements to data engineering and explain model outputs to business users
  • Engage with business users to translate requirements into technical data science problems and communicate model algorithms to non-technical stakeholders
  • Apply agile project management practices and create efficient user stories and other agile artifacts

Fractal.is operates a blockchain-based marketplace for gaming NFTs where developers can list games and in-game assets and players can buy, sell, and trade unique digital items. The platform supports minting and secondary sales of NFTs, with transactions generating revenue through commissions. It emphasizes community engagement through channels like Discord and Twitter to drive listing activity and user retention. Compared to others, Fractal.is specializes in the gaming sector, aggregating multiple games and assets under one marketplace, and focuses on building a connected metaverse ecosystem for developers and gamers. Its goal is to grow a active, trusted marketplace that enables true ownership of digital assets and vibrant participation in the gaming/NFT space.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$35.2M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2021

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • FStudio adoption accelerates among indie developers launching Web3 titles.
  • Polygon expansion attracts developers seeking broader player bases.
  • Tournament partnerships with Gangbusters and Mojo Melee boost engagement.

What critics are saying

  • NFT volume drops 95% since 2022, slashing Fractal's commissions.
  • Gala Games captures 40% more volume via exclusive titles like Mirandus.
  • Immutable X undercuts fees, halving Fractal listings in 3-9 months.

What makes Fractal unique

  • Fractal focuses solely on gaming NFTs marketplace since 2021 launch.
  • FStudio enables no-code blockchain tools for Web3 game development.
  • Sign In with Fractal wallet simplifies onboarding for web3 gamers.

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Benefits

Generous PTO

Competitive Salary

401k Contributions

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-21%

1 year growth

-15%

2 year growth

-15%
Dealflow
Oct 20th, 2024
Fractal raises $10m in funding

Renfe secured a €78 million contract, while Madrid-based Fractal raised $10 million led by Kayyak Ventures. Oakley Capital acquired a 70% stake in logistics software company Alerce, which has sales of around €12 million and EBITDA between €4 million and €5 million. Other funding news includes Shakers raising €6 million, Cocoon €2 million, and Kalma €1 million. Accenture acquired cybersecurity firm Innotec Security. Nauta led an €8.8 million Series A round in UK-based Spotted Zebra.

VentureBeat
Jun 6th, 2023
Fractal Unveils Fstudio Tools To Make Building Blockchain Games Easier

Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don't worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Justin Kan’s Fractal is unveiling FStudio, a set of tools that make it easier for game studios to build, market and monetize Web3 games without blockchain expertise.Kan, the cofounder of Twitch who started Fractal in 2021 to build tools for blockchain games, believes that blockchain tech is the best way to get to a player-driven economy. But he said the problem is the gaming industry has become obsessed with talking about that backend technology – turning off players and distracting Web3 startups from the main mission: creating excellent gameplay experiences. To move forward, we need to refocus the conversation on the players, not the tech, Kan said in an interview with GamesBeat.“In the last eight months or so, we’ve been working on a bunch of features that help empower the next wave of developers for Web3 gaming,” Kan said. “We call it FStudio. We’re solving the problems that we learned from talking to developers

Decrypt
Jun 6th, 2023
Twitch Co-Founder's Fractal Launches Tools to Help Devs Build NFT Games

Gaming-centric Web3 startup and NFT marketplace Fractal has announced Fractal Studio, or FStudio, a three-part product the firm says will enable video game developers to more easily add crypto integrations into their titles without having to code.

Tingbits
May 11th, 2023
Mojo Melee: Planet Mojo's Epic Autobattler Now Live on Fractal

Mojo Melee introduces a unique collaboration with Fractal in addition to the open beta qualifier.

Decrypt
Jan 24th, 2023
Twitch Co-Founder’s Solana Gaming Platform Fractal Expands to Polygon - Decrypt

Fractal co-founder Justin Kan tells Decrypt that many game developers "want to be on Polygon" as the platform expands.

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